And then Lockheed Martin said "Let there be fusion!" -- and there might be.

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October 20, 2014, 07:37:08 AM Last Edit: October 20, 2014, 07:40:15 AM by JasonPratt
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2014/10/15/lockheed-martin-claims-fusion-breakthrough-that-could-change-world-forever/

Maybe.  :coolsmiley:


Surely nothing bad will come from a fusion reactor small enough to carried by a truck in a trailer!  :uglystupid2:
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October 20, 2014, 07:43:27 AM Last Edit: October 20, 2014, 10:48:26 AM by Martok
Not to sound like a Negative Nellie, but I'll believe it when I see it. 


Not that I don't think we'll see fusion power eventually, because I do.  However, I've read/heard of so many fusion projects in the last 15-20 years, that I'm naturally skeptical at this point. 

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October 20, 2014, 08:07:27 AM
Quote from: Martok on October 20, 2014, 07:43:27 AM
Not to sound like a Negative Nellie, but I'll believe it when it. 


Not that I don't think we'll see fusion power eventually, because I do.  However, I've read/heard of so many fusion projects in the last 15-20 years, that I'm naturally skeptical at this point.

+1. We've heard this story before.  :P
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October 20, 2014, 08:08:41 AM
QuoteTom McGuire, who heads the project, told Reuters that his team had been working on fusion energy at Lockheed's Skunk Works program for the past four years,...

So... in 4 years they have solved what hasn't been in the last 50...... :coolsmiley:

Containing all the heat/energy is not the only problem. It's getting the fusion reaction to start in the first place without using more energy than you will get out of it.

I'll believe it when the first Trailer Fusion Reactor is driven off the lot.

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October 20, 2014, 08:27:27 AM
Also, containing and directing it, if using magnetics. Sounds like no problem, until one realizes how much energy the magnetics must be burning (so to speak) to make that happen.

I realize there's probably an electromagnetic form of judo redirection, but in an energy vs. energy containment battle one generally needs more-than-X energy to contain X-energy.

The Lou Ferrigno Hulk could judo a truck, in other words, but a regular person couldn't.
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October 20, 2014, 08:34:53 AM
we should have Bart, our lead scientist at Grogheads Applied Sciences Division, look at this.

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October 20, 2014, 08:54:41 AM
MikeGer is the scientist... I'm just the engineer who gets to build this stuff.... O0

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October 20, 2014, 09:16:17 AM
I'm going to hold out for process that can be reliably replicated by actual scientists
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October 20, 2014, 10:50:18 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on October 20, 2014, 08:54:41 AM
MikeGer is the scientist... I'm just the engineer who gets to build this stuff.... O0

German scientists are soooo 1946.  ;)
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October 20, 2014, 11:37:11 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 20, 2014, 10:50:18 AM
German scientists are soooo 1946.  ;)

Plus they're all busy trying to harness the power of the Tesseract.
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October 20, 2014, 12:02:54 PM
I'm a natural skeptic, dating back to my high school days amid reports of a working laser pistol powered by D-Cells that a Princeton scientist had developed. But the fact this is Lockheed Martin and they went public....it gives me a little hope at least. I wanna believe.

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October 20, 2014, 12:48:39 PM
I agree with Steelie. If this is true, then its incredible. Plus I can't imagine an organisation such as LM making that statement without something tangible to back it up.
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October 20, 2014, 12:50:54 PM
Quote from: bob48 on October 20, 2014, 12:48:39 PM
I agree with Steelie. If this is true, then its incredible. Plus I can't imagine an organisation such as LM making that statement without something tangible to back it up.

That's where I'm at.

It's not like Star claiming he had a three way with Gus and Green Lantern. Lockheed is a legit corporation.
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October 20, 2014, 02:03:10 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on October 20, 2014, 12:50:54 PM
Quote from: bob48 on October 20, 2014, 12:48:39 PM
I agree with Steelie. If this is true, then its incredible. Plus I can't imagine an organisation such as LM making that statement without something tangible to back it up.

That's where I'm at.

It's not like Star claiming he had a three way with Gus and Green Lantern. Lockheed is a legit corporation.

Hmmm, stock prices soar, then Lockheed fires a "leaker".
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October 20, 2014, 02:04:55 PM
Can't imagine that would do much for their reputation, or inspire any long-term confidence in them.
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